UMaine Student Wins Scholarship From Nurses Association
University of Maine student Samantha Paradis has received a 2011 American Psychiatric Nurses Association 2011 Janssen Student Scholarship, which will enable her to attend the upcoming APNA annual conference in California.
Paradis, who is from Frenchville, is a double major in nursing and psychology. She served last year as the president of the Orono Student Nursing Association, and is due to graduate in December 2012.
She was one of 15 undergraduate students and 15 graduate students out of 300 applications from across the country to receive a Janssen Scholarship.
The scholars each receive complimentary registration, travel and lodging expenses to attend the APNA conference, which is held in October. The students also get a year of membership in APNA and will be honored at a dinner reception during the conference.
The scholarship recognizes outstanding nursing students who have demonstrated a passion for psychiatric mental health nursing, and to help foster the professional growth and development of these students within the psychiatric mental health nursing field. Scholarship winners were selected following a review by the APNA Awards and Recognition Committee.
Contact: Nancy Fishwick, (207) 581-2607 or fishwick@maine.edu; Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777 or jessica.bloch@umit.maine.edu